Wang Fusheng is a eunuch walking in front of Li Zhi, just like Wang Fulai serving Wu Meiniang.

He stood beside the door of the hall and said to Su Dawei, who was looking at the back of Li Yifu: "Shaoqing, please follow me into the palace, don't let Your Majesty wait." ”

"Okay."

Su Dawei let go of the speculation in his heart and walked into the hall with Wang Fulai.

Looking over from a distance, I saw that Li Zhi, who was fat, was leaning on the chair, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate.

After Wang Fusheng opened his mouth, Li Zhi opened his eyes.

On that chubby face, a gleam flashed in the slender eyes.

Clearly, his inner thoughts were extremely complex.

However, when he looked at Su Dawei, his slightly tense body gradually relaxed, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, as if he was in a good mood.

"Ami, you're here."

He stretched out his hand and beckoned, motioning for Su Dawei to come forward and speak.

"Just received the military report from the Anxi Protectorate, Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian frustrated Tufan once, praised the majesty of my Tang Dynasty, and let Tubo know who is the lord of the world, hehe."

He seemed to be in a good mood.

Su Dawei hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Li Zhi: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, and congratulations to my Tang Army." ”

"You're just in time, I'm going to eat, you can have a few drinks with me."

"Yes."

For a while, Su Dawei actually felt flattered.

For a long time, Li Zhi has been strict with the people around Wu Meiniang.

For Su Dawei, it is both useful and preventive.

Su Dawei conquered the Wa archipelago in Baekje, and when Li Zhi found out, he was shocked and immediately recalled him.

It can be seen.

Even after returning to Chang'an, Su Dawei felt the "love" from His Majesty all the time.

took advantage of his assassination, and finally sent Su Dawei back to Chang'an County to continue to be a bad handsome on the grounds that the investigation was unfavorable.

Previously, in Belle and the Liaodong Peninsula, he fought bloodily, turned the tide several times, and finally helped Li Tao pacify Goguryeo.

But right now, Li Zhi actually took the initiative to invite Su Dawei to dine together.

This is a very positive sign.

Su Dawei didn't believe that with Li Zhi's shrewdness, he would do useless things.

If it comes, it will be safe.

Su Dawei saluted Li Zhi repeatedly according to the courtier's etiquette, and then stood still in front of the small table under Wang Fusheng's arrangement.

After Li Zhi was supported by the eunuch and sat down on a large and soft chair in front of the table, he pretended to be sincerely frightened and flattered, and sat down with half of his buttocks.

There is no way, throughout the ages, workers have to pretend to be this posture in front of the leaders.

Li Zhi squinted his eyes, as if he was very satisfied with Su Dawei's attitude.

He patted the armrest of the chair and praised it: "Ami, listen to Mei Niang, this free chair was invented by you, dedicated to the palace, I have liked it since I sat down." ”

He gently stroked the armrest of the chair and smiled at Su Dawei: "You are a person with wild imagination in your head, and you don't know what to pretend, and you can often surprise people." ”

I don't know if it's a compliment or a reminder.

Su Dawei didn't dare to relax for a moment in his heart, and after thinking about it, he hugged his fist to Li Zhi and said: "A few gadgets, mainly for life, should not be praised by Your Majesty." ”

"You're not just a gadget."

Li Zhi looked at him and said with a smile: "In addition to the whale oil lamp, I heard that in recent years, a kind of 'burning knife' wine has been popular in Beijing, which was also developed by you?" ”

"Ah, that's the thing."

Su Dawei's brain was running rapidly.

Originally, he entered the palace to mention the matter of Li Yifu.

didn't think about it, and before he could find a chance to speak, Li Zhi made one move after another.

What does Li Zhi mean when he mentions wine now?

Regarding wine, Datang has a "system of drunkenness", which refers to the government's monopoly system on wine.

It was the imperial court, specifically the official offices under the Son of Heaven, who monopolized winemaking technology.

In addition to the establishment of a department dedicated to the management of sake brewing, the "Liangtan Administration", there are also special stores to sell sake.

Because, in the Tang Dynasty, wine was also a profiteering industry.

There are three channels for the Tang people to obtain wine.

The first channel is to buy official liquor, which is made by the Liangtan Administration.

But this kind of wine actually doesn't taste very good.

The best wines and winemakers, each family needs to be dedicated to the emperor.

The production of this good wine is limited, firstly, it is all handmade, and secondly, it is drunk by the emperor and his concubines, and rewarded meritorious officials and courtiers.

There are also state sacrifices.

It's almost all consumed.

The second way to obtain wine is through private workshops, which tend to be front-shop and back-to-back workshops.

That is, restaurants, hotels, and wine shops that often appear in later film and television dramas.

Su Dawei's "burning knife" wine is also used in this mode.

It is very popular in Chang'an.

Moreover, the wine made in his workshops was exported to the grasslands and Liaodong through trade.

It can be described as making money every day.

At the beginning, several companies that followed Su Dawei into winemaking, such as Li Keshi and An Jia, all made a lot of money.

Don't look at this kind of small wine shop in Chang'an like an ant shop, it is open everywhere, and it has attracted countless literati and to bend their waists for it.

For example, the later poet fairy Li Bai is a frequent customer of these shops.

The third channel is home-brewing.

According to the ranking in the minds of the Tang people, the wine monopolized by the government has the worst taste, followed by the wine shop, because it needs to be mass-produced, it can only be said that it is stronger than the official wine.

The best of all is home-brewing.

It will not cut corners, is willing to use food, and there is no problem of water mixing.

Of course, Su Dawei's improved wine-making process, the alcohol intensity and taste of the burning knife have completely defeated the so-called self-brewing, and have won a great reputation in the place where the power of Datang radiates.

Like the whale oil lamp, it has become one of the business cards of Datang's foreign trade.

These thoughts flashed through Su Dawei's mind.

He immediately got up, crossed his hands and saluted: "It's Ami's negligence, when I go back, I will sort out the method of making wine and hand it over to the palace, if necessary, I also have skilled wine-making craftsmen at home." ”

"Ahem, Ami sit down, sit down and talk, where have you said this, and if it spreads outside, won't it make outsiders think that I am greedy for your wine-making method, which is not good."

"What Your Majesty said is, but this is not the courtier's respect for Your Majesty, but Ami's respect for Your Majesty, just like this easy chair."

Su Dawei said with a sincere face: "If it weren't for Your Majesty's refusal to give up and give your ministers the opportunity to show, how can you have today's ministers, and all the things that your Majesty has to do are given by Your Majesty.

In the past few years, I have been fighting abroad, and I forgot to hand over the 'burning knife' to my sister, which is my negligence. ”

Although the words are not as smooth as those old foxes in the court, the meaning is also there.

Obviously, the Son of Heaven wants this thing, but he can't let the people of the world feel that the Son of Heaven is competing with his ministers for profit.

Like Su Dawei, he had to hand the ladder up to satisfy Li Zhi.

This is the way to be a minister.

Li Zhi nodded with a smile: "Mei Niang had a brother like you at the beginning, I was puzzled at the beginning, but now I feel more and more that Mei Niang has vision." ”

"Your Majesty said this, which made the minister even more embarrassed, when he was in the temple, the minister was reckless, and there were many rudeness......"

Li Zhi waved his hand: "Who is not young yet, he will accompany me to have a few more drinks, and this matter is not allowed to be mentioned again." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Su Dawei secretly wiped his sweat.

Finally, I finally said this.

Over the years, although Li Zhi didn't care, Su Da didn't know about it.

When he was saving Li Zhi, how reckless his attitude was.

I didn't take Li Zhi at that time in my eyes at all.

Although the eldest grandson Wuji was in power at that time, everyone in the world thought that Li Zhi was cowardly.

After that, Su Dawei trembled in front of Li Zhi, and it was more or less because of this.

Today, I finally took advantage of Li Zhi's good mood and secretly talked about it by offering wine.

"By the way, Your Majesty, why don't you see my sister?"

"Mei Niang is on the prince's side."

Li Zhi said a word.

Su Dawei looked at the atmosphere and felt that it was not suitable to immediately cut into the affairs of Li Yifu.

Drinks and food are served one after another.

Liquor is a burning knife.

The dishes are dazzling.

Su Dawei took a rough look, and there were several kinds of fish.

It is said that Li Zhi loves to eat fish, and on this table, there is a steamed sea bass and a fish belly.

As for the rest, Su Dawei didn't know him.

Li Zhi seemed to see Su Dawei's embarrassment, and pointed to the fish dish with the golden chopstick: "This is the golden pan carp." ”

Su Dawei was a little stunned.

In Tang poems, the carp is called "point fish", and the allusion comes from the "Taiping Yulan. Scales. Volume 8: "Fish tuna, carp also, out of the Gong hole." In March, they will cross the dragon gate, and they will have to cross for the dragon, otherwise the amount will be returned. ”

It is said that this fish has great medicinal value, but it seems that the imperial court forbade people to hunt and kill it privately.

However, Su Dawei quickly remembered that it was forbidden to hunt carp, saying that carp was homophonic with "Li", and that it would go to the Xuanzong Dynasty.

Now there is no such taboo.

Carp is one of the delicacies on the table of the Tang people.

Bai Juyi's "Boat Travel" said: "There is a stove on the bow of the boat, and the red carp is cooked with rice." ”

Wang Wei wrote in "Luoyang Daughter's Travel": "The beloved Yule rides a horse, and the maid Jinpan carp. ”

Su Dawei looked at the table full of fish banquets in front of him, and then looked at Li Zhi, who was full of red light and joy, and couldn't help but think in his heart: Although the fish is good, Your Majesty can't be greedy for a cup.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is said that many fish have "hairiness" and should not be eaten lightly.

For example, carp is a big thing.

I don't know if this makes sense, but at least the people have been spreading it like this.

For example, later Meng Haoran, "New Tang Dynasty Book. The Biography of Meng Haoran records: At the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he died of gangrene.

It is said that he was almost cured, but when he was at a party with friends, he couldn't help but eat more fish, and when he came back, he had a backlash and died.

Like Li Zhi's body, at first glance, it is a three-high crowd, eating big fish and meat, it is really rubbing crazy on the road to death.

However, these can only be flashed in Su Dawei's heart.

He didn't have a head to fight with Li Zhi on the issue of diet.

After drinking a few glasses with Li Zhi without knowing the taste, Su Dawei felt a little like sitting on pins and needles.

He has something on his mind, so naturally he can't sit still.

But seeing that Li Zhi was in high spirits, it was not good to open his mouth at this time, which ruined Li Zhi's interest.

Waiting left and right, finally waiting for Li Zhi to eat about the same, and began to withdraw the banquet and serve tea.

Su Dawei did some construction in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to introduce the topic to Li Yifu, when he suddenly saw a palace maid running up to the palace in a hurry, and after being stopped by Wang Fusheng and asking a few words, Wang Fusheng's face also changed.